Luis Schuster (born 10 May 2001) is a German pair skater. With his skating partner, Letizia Roscher, he is the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy bronze medalist.

On the junior level, Roscher/Schuster are three-time German junior national champions and placed fifth at the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Schuster was born on 10 May 2001 in Sebnitz.[1]

Career

Early career

Schuster began figure skating in 2009. He teamed up with Letizia Roscher to compete in pairs prior to the 2017–18 figure skating season and coached by Monika Scheibe.

Together, they won gold on the novice level at the 2018 German Novice Championships, the 2018 Bavarian Open, and the 2018 Cup of Tyrol.[2]

2018–19 season

Debuting on the junior level, Roscher/Schuster won the silver medal at the 2018 Prague Ice Cup. They then won the silver medal at the 2019 German Junior Championships.[2]

At the 2019 Bavarian Open, Roscher/Schuster placed seventh. They were ultimately selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, where they finished seventeenth.[2]

2019–20 season

Roscher/Schuster at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Debuting on the Junior Grand Prix series, Roscher/Schuster finished fourteenth at the 2019 JGP Poland and thirteenth at 2019 JGP Croatia.[2]

At the 2020 German Junior Championships, Roscher/Schuster won the gold medal.[2]

Selected to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, Roscher/Schuster finished eighth. They then went on to win the silver medal at the 2020 Icelab International Cup and place fifth at the 2020 Bavarian Open.[2]

2020–21 season

Roscher/Schuster competed at the 2021 German Junior Championships, winning their second consecutive junior national title.[2]

2021–22 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, Roscher/Schuster placed ninth at the 2021 JGP Austria. They then made their senior international debut by finishing fourteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, before going on to win their third junior national title at the 2022 German Junior Championships.[2]

Selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Roscher/Schuster finished nineteenth.[2] They ended their season at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, finishing fifth.[2]

Following the season, Roscher and Schuster switched coaches from Monika Scheibe to Robin Szolkowy and Ingo Steuer.[1]

2022–23 season

Roscher and Schuster began the season at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy, finishing fourth. Debuting on the Grand Prix series, Roscher and Schuster finished seventh at 2022 Skate America and won the bronze medal at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy. They went on to compete at the 2022 Warsaw Cup, winning the bronze medal.[2]

Making their debut on the senior level at the 2023 German Championships, Roscher and Schuster won the silver medal.[2]

2023–24 season

After dealing with injury difficulties that impacted their training, Roscher and Schuster started the season with an eleventh-place at the 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy.[3] They were tenth as well at the 2023 Finlandia Trophy.[2] Appearing on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate Canada International, Roscher and Schuster placed eighth.[4] The pair did not compete for the remainder of the season.[5]

2024–25 season

Roscher and Schuster began the season by finishing eighth at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy and fourth at the 2024 Diamond Spin.[5]

Programs

Pair skating with Letizia Roscher

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–25
[6]
2023–24
[7]
2022–23
[1]
  • Experience
    by Ludovico Einaudi
  • Every Ending is a Chance
    by Claire Wyndham, Adrianne Gonzalez
    choreo. by Stephanie Schneider, Susan Fichtelmann
2021–22
[8]
2020–21
[9]
2019–20
[10]
2018–19
[11]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Letizia Roscher

Competition placements at senior level [5]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
European Championships 19th 12th
German Championships 2nd 2nd
GP Skate America 7th
GP Skate Canada 8th
GP Wilson Trophy 3rd
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th 10th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 11th 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 14th 3rd 6th
Diamond Spin 4th
Road to 26 Trophy 5th
Competition placements at junior level [5]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Winter Youth Olympics 7th
World Junior Championships 17th 5th
German Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st
JGP Austria 9th
JGP Croatia 13th
JGP Poland 14th
Bavarian Open 7th 5th
IceLab Cup 2nd
NRW Trophy WD
Prague Ice Cup 2nd

Detailed results

Pair skating with Letizia Roscher

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [5]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 170.65 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program TSS 63.11 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 35.12 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS 27.99 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS 107.54 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 54.65 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy
PCS 55.80 2022 CS Warsaw Cup

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 17–20, 2021 Poland 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 15 54.78 13 95.95 14 150.73
Jan 25–27, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 19 48.77 — — 19 48.77
Results in the 2022–23 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–9, 2022 Finland 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 5 59.21 3 106.37 4 165.58
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 3 54.87 8 81.01 7 135.88
Nov 11–13, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 3 60.24 3 107.13 3 167.37
Nov 17–20, 2022 Poland 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 3 63.11 3 107.54 3 170.65
Jan 5–7, 2023 Germany 2023 German Championships 2 56.44 2 109.07 2 165.51
Results in the 2023–24 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–23, 2023 Germany 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 11 46.96 11 91.44 11 138.40
Oct 4–8, 2024 Finland 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 46.49 10 79.59 10 126.08
Oct 27–29, 2023 Canada 2023 Skate Canada International 8 52.07 8 85.47 8 137.54
Results in the 2024–25 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 18–21, 2024 Germany 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8 52.34 8 98.95 8 151.29
Oct 17–20, 2024 Poland 2024 Diamond Spin 4 52.59 3 98.02 4 150.61
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 7 53.77 6 99.24 6 153.01
Dec 16–21, 2024 Germany 2025 German Championships 2 59.56 2 106.17 2 165.73
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 Estonia 2025 European Championships 12 55.18 13 102.97 12 158.15
Feb 18–20, 2025 Italy Road to 26 Trophy 4 54.16 6 98.95 5 153.11

Junior level

Results in the 2018–19 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 9–11, 2018 Czech Republic 2018 Prague Ice Cup 2 38.40 2 70.83 2 109.23
Dec 21–23, 2018 Germany 2019 German Championships (Junior) 2 44.79 2 75.42 2 120.21
Feb 5–10, 2019 Germany 2019 Bavarian Open 9 41.06 6 77.05 7 118.11
Mar 4–10, 2019 Croatia 2019 World Junior Championships 17 39.55 — — 17 39.55
Results in the 2019–20 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 18–21, 2019 Poland 2019 JGP Poland 13 38.84 14 64.58 14 103.42
Sep 25–28, 2019 Croatia 2019 JGP Croatia 12 41.08 13 75.48 13 116.56
Nov 1–3, 2019 Italy 2019 IceLab International Cup 2 42.11 1 77.47 2 119.58
Jan 1–3, 2020 Germany 2020 German Championships (Junior) 1 48.88 1 87.89 1 136.77
Jan 10–15, 2020 Switzerland 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 8 42.80 8 80.25 7 123.05
Feb 3–9, 2020 Germany 2020 Bavarian Open 5 41.77 6 72.35 5 114.12
Results in the 2020–21 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 18–19, 2020 Germany 2021 German Championships (Junior) 1 42.32 1 84.66 1 126.98
Results in the 2021–22 season [5]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6–9, 2021 Austria 2021 JGP Austria 9 43.82 10 81.05 9 124.87
Nov 4–7, 2021 Germany 2021 NRW Trophy 1 54.63 — — – WD
Dec 9–11, 2021 Germany 2022 German Championships (Junior) 1 47.10 1 91.82 1 138.92
Apr 13–17, 2022 Estonia 2022 World Junior Championships 5 54.01 4 92.42 5 146.43

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b Lechner, Pamela (September 25, 2023). "Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin krönen Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 mit Paarlauf-Sieg" [Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin crown Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 with pair skating victory] (in German). German Figure Skating Union. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Slater, Paula (October 29, 2023). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps dominate pairs at Skate Canada". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "GER–Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster". SkatingScores.
  6. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Letizia ROSCHER / Luis SCHUSTER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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